Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quote

The true gods sigh for the cost and pain,—
For the reed which grows nevermore again
As a reed with the reeds in the river.


'A Musical Instrument' (1862)


The true gods sigh for the cost and pain,— For the reed which grows nevermore again As a reed with the reeds in the river.

The true gods sigh for the cost and pain,— For the reed which grows nevermore again As a reed with the reeds in the river.

The true gods sigh for the cost and pain,— For the reed which grows nevermore again As a reed with the reeds in the river.

The true gods sigh for the cost and pain,— For the reed which grows nevermore again As a reed with the reeds in the river.